what is sustainabhle agriculture
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Sustainable agriculture is a type of agriculture that focuses on producing long term crops and livestock while having minimum effects on the environment. This types of agriculture tries to find a good balance between the need of food production and the preservation of the ecological system with the environment. Sustainable agriculture also focuses on maintaining economic stability of farms and helping farmers improve the techniques and quality of life.
There are many benefits of sustainable agriculture, and overall, they can be divided into human health benefits and environmental benefits. In terms of human health, crops grown through sustainable agriculture are better for people. Due to the lack of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, people are not being exposed to or consuming synthetic materials. This limits the risk of people becoming ill from exposure to these chemicals. In addition, the crops produced through sustainable agriculture can also be more nutritious because the overall crops are healthier and more natural.
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Sustainable Farming / Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable farming ( more specifically sustainable agriculture ) is term used to define such a type of farming which involves the understanding of ecosystem services, as well as the relationship between organisms and the environment in which they live. Basically, it refers to such a farming practice which have enough production as well as has no ill effect on the environment. This specific term i.e. sustainable agriculture is known to be coined by one of the agricultural scientists from Australia whose name was Gordon McClymont. Although being discovered earlier, the term was widely used and gained popularity by the 1980s. If a farm produces perpetually but have a negative or bad impact on the surroundings or the environment cannot be titled with sustainable agriculture because it has a negative result on the environment.
If we look around the globe, then we find several debates on trend regarding sustainable agriculture :
1. Multifunctional agriculture against ecosystem services
2. Ecocentric against technocentric